Best Antifederalist
"Brutus I" is an influential Anti-Federalist essay published on October 18, 1787, under the pseudonym Brutus, which historians often attribute to Robert Yates. The essay argued forcefully against the ratification of the newly proposed United States Constitution, warning that the federal government w...
Published in 1787 and early 1788, "Letters from the Federal Farmer" is a series of Anti-Federalist essays written under a pseudonym. The authorship remains debated among historians, though the letters are most frequently attributed to Richard Henry Lee or Melancton Smith. The essays detailed signifi...
Centinel I is an Anti-Federalist essay published in Philadelphia in October 1787 under the pseudonym Centinel and generally attributed to Samuel Bryan. Written during the debate over ratifying the United States Constitution, it argued that the proposed federal system concentrated power, endangered s...
Published in 1788, "Observations on the New Constitution" is a prominent Anti-Federalist pamphlet that critiqued the proposed frame of government for the United States. Attributed to Mercy Otis Warren, the text argued extensively that the Constitution lacked a necessary bill of rights to protect ind...
